Produced: England (Peterborough?), Early 13th century

Language: Latin

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Media: Vellum
Script: Littera textualis formata

Folios: 122  Height: 27.5 cm   Width: 18 cm

Manuscript type: Bestiary

Location: Bodleian Library (University of Oxford), Oxford, England, United Kingdom

Family: Second

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The manuscript contains about 130 miniatures with animal illustrations on richly gilded background. There are six full page illustrations, with the remaining images on 100 pages. The images are very well drawn and colored.

The Aviarium of Hugh of Fouilloy is included in the text, with 29 full color illustrations.  Clark aviary group: Aberdeen.

There are also extracts from Isidore of Seville.

This manuscript is paired with Bodleian Library MS. Douce 151. The artist may be the same as that of Aberdeen University, Univ. Lib. MS 24.

Printed editions:  Adeva, Austria, 1982

Printed facsimiles:  Akademische Druck- u. Verlagsanstalt, Austria, 1982 /  Adeva, Austria, 1982
Digital facsimiles: Bodleian Library (partial)